Space

Sailing into the Abyss: A Pioneering Development in Space Travel By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics, 2021 Source: NASA This article was originally published as part of Issue 35: Motion. The history of spaceflight has depended on chemical rocket engines as the primary form of propulsion. However, fuel limits our exploration range and takes up 95 percent […]

Could Dark Matter Predate the Big Bang? Olivia Hilferty, Undeclared, 2023 Source: Pixabay In the first prominent cosmological model, Aristotle placed Earth at the center of the Universe. A little less than 2,000 years later, Galileo’s idea of the Sun being at the center of our Galaxy became the accepted model. Throughout time, scientists have played

Creating a home away from home: Architectural engineering in outer space By Annabelle Mathers, Civil Engineering, 2022 Photo: Shutterstock On Earth, structures serve a larger purpose than simply shielding us from the environment; they affect lifestyle patterns, health, psychological response, and adaptability. Those same qualities apply to structures on celestial bodies other than Earth. Not only

How SpaceX can make fully reusable rockets By Drew Bodmer, Physics and Computer Science, 2022 Source: Pixabay On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up on reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board in a chilling reminder of the dangers of space travel. It was discovered that a piece of

You Can’t Run Away If the Planet Is Already a Runaway By Lauren MacDonald, Environmental Science & Chemistry, 2022 Source: Pixabay Humanity has been dreaming about colonizing other planets for decades. Hundreds of science fiction stories and novels have been written about humans packing up and moving off of Earth, but it’s not as easy as